Title: The green rush : the global race for farmland and the rights of land users

Authors: De Schutter, Olivier

Place: Cambridge, MA

Publisher: Harvard law school

Year: 2011

Journal: Harvard international law journal

Volume: Vol. 52, No. 2

PAGE: 504--559

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: agricultural land, land rights, land tenure, rural poverty, land legislation, legal aspects

Abstract: This article questions the claimed advantages of land grab. It is likely that the poorest farmers will be priced out from these emerging markets for land rights, and that the interests of those depending on the commons will be ignored. Security of tenure for the rural poor must be protected.

URL: http://www.harvardilj.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/HILJ_52-2_De-Schutter.pdf

Document type: Portal